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Sports Illustrated |
Count Spencer Jones among the members of the New York Yankees family who will swing a torpedo bat this season.
USA Today |
The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight redistributed toward the label − were thought to have aided the Yankees as they crushed 15 home runs in their three-game set a...
U.S. News & World Report |
The torpedo model — a striking design in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin — became the talk of major league baseball over the w...

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